New Bedding!

The crib bedding is here!  My mother-in-law and sister-in-law bought us our crib set and gave it to us early so we can start decorating the room.  I absolutely LOVE it!  It's kind of hard to see in this picture, but it's green, pink, and brown with ladybugs.  It looks super cute with the blue walls....as soon as we get everything rearranged I will post some more pictures!

Gotta love kids...

As many of you know, I am a teacher.  I teach first grade and love it (even on those tough days).  I waited a while to tell my kiddos about the baby because I knew they would have a lot of questions and wouldn't really understand everything.  Yesterday, I decided it was time to tell them.  After all, I'm getting bigger and sooner or later they are going to wonder why Mrs. Hoyle is getting so fat!
I read a "Little Critter" book about a new baby before I told them my news.  I thought maybe some of them would catch on and figure it out, but not one single person did!  I had them keep guessing as to why I would want to read that story and FINALLY someone figured it out.  Then the questions began...but not as many as I thought.  They wanted to know if it would be a boy or a girl and if I knew what the name would be. 
My favorite part of the day was when they asked if I would bring her in for show and tell on Friday.  They also think I should name her Rosie or Glenda...I'm not sure where they came up with either of those! 
We decided that since she won't be here until about July, I would bring a picture in and show them when they are in second grade.  We're leaving the name question alone for now...we have a name in mind, and sadly, it's not Rosie or Glenda.

Baby's Room

When we first looked at houses, we fell in love with this house right away.  However, the former owners had some paint colors I was not so crazy over.  Before we repainted, the future "nursery" looked like this.

 

  

Now I'm sure a little girl would LOVE this room, but it made this mommy a little crazy, especially since I am not a huge fan of pink.  My head would spin everytime I entered this room and my exact words when describing it were that it looked like a crayon box literally threw up on the walls.  The pictures don't even do it justice...you can't see all of the colors there were!
Anyway, the room is now blue, so it matches the carpet.  I know, blue is typically a "boy" color.  We bought the paint when we moved in and aren't going to paint it again...so, now I get to pick out fun decorations to make the room look more "girly."  Any suggestions are welcome!